Integrate with Oracle Supply Chain Planning Cloud

Use advanced analytics in Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service to forecast product demand for new products in Supply Chain Planning (SCP) Demand Management. Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service employs feature-based machine learning on historical product sales data to come up with insights and forecast recommendations for new products.

Demand Management provides the required input data through Oracle Object Storage using BICC (Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Connector). Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service creates training models on the ingested data and performs scoring to create on-demand forecasts for Demand Management.

For detailed information on this feature, including prerequisites, configuration steps, and usage, please refer to the Using Demand Management guide:

• Using Demand Management: Feature-Based Forecasting
• Other Resources
  • Demo Video
  • Optimize New Product Introduction Using Recommendations from Planning Advisor Readiness Training

Add a Demand Management Integration

Use the Integrations page in Oracle Internet of Things (IoT) Asset Monitoring Cloud Service to add an integration for Demand Management.

Before you can add and configure the Demand Management integration, make sure you have configured your Cloud Account and enabled Oracle Object Storage. The following sections provide more information:

1. Add an Oracle Cloud Account
2. Connect to an OCI Object Storage Instance

Use the Demand Management documentation and resources to configure the integration in Oracle Supply Chain Planning (SCP) Cloud:

• Optimize New Product Introduction Using Recommendations from Planning Advisor
• Using Demand Management: Feature-Based Forecasting

This section covers the steps to add the integration in Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service.

1. In Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service, click Menu (), and then click Settings.

   You can access Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service at the following URL:

   https://hostname/am

   Here, hostname is the host name of your Oracle Internet of Things Intelligent Applications Cloud instance.

   If you are in the Design Center, you need to click Previous () before you see the Settings option in the menu.
2. Click Integrations.
3. Click Add to add a new integration.
4. In the Add Integration dialog, select Oracle Demand Management Cloud and click Add.
   Tip: You can also search for an integration name in the list.
   
   

   

   
   
   Oracle Demand Management Cloud Service integration gets added to the Integrations page.

Enable and Configure the Integration with Demand Management

To start using the Demand Management integration, enable and configure the integration for Oracle Demand Management Cloud Service on the Integrations page.

1. In Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service, click Menu (), and then click Settings.
2. Click Integrations.
3. Under Oracle Demand Management Cloud Service, click Connect.
   The Oracle Demand Management Cloud Service Connection dialog appears.
4. Select the Object Storage Integration to use.
5. Under Object Storage Container, enter the name of the bucket in OCI Object Storage that stores the data extracted by the Business Intelligence Cloud Connector (BICC) from Demand Management.
6. Click Save.
7. Under Oracle Demand Management Cloud Service, click Edit Configuration.
8. Toggle the Integration Status switch to ON and click Save.
   This enables your Demand Management integration.

After you enable the integration, Demand Management ingests product item and sales history data into OCI Object Storage, as batches of compressed csv files (.gz). Demand Management uses REST APIs to request and communicate with Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service.

Demand Management then triggers a training request to Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service to gain insights into the data provided. Once the training is completed, Demand Management triggers scoring requests for forecasts. Demand Management retrieves the results and forecast recommendations from Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service.

View Product Items, Scenarios, Insights, and Forecasts

After you enable integration with Demand Management, the Product Items page becomes available in Oracle IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud Service.

1. Click Menu (), and then click Product Items.
   The Product Items page appears only if Demand Management integration is enabled.
   
   

   

   
   
   The product items are listed along with the scenarios. The most recent scenarios are shown first. The forecast values associated with the product items, if already scored, are also shown. The insight accuracy shows the accuracy percentage for the most accurate insight.
2. Click on a product item scenario row to see the forecast chart.
   
   

   

   
   
3. Click an Insight information icon to see more details on an insight.
   
   

   

   
   
   Demand Management links also take you to the Insight page.